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More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... financial advisers using ETFs for their clients has increased last year, according to the latest BetaShares Investment Trends ETF report. About 47% of advisers used ETFs in 2017, the report shows. This number has since grown to 53%. A further 16% of ...

Financial concerns drive women to online investing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
Women are more concerned about their financial future than men, while the number of women investing online has almost doubled in the last five years. On International Women's Day, Investment Trends research that shows about 150,000 women are using online ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
MSCI said it will increase weighting of China A-shares in its indices from 5% to 20% by the end of this year. Here's what managers think. Mainland Chinese shares could rise: VanEck VanEck believes the inclusion could hoist mainland Chinese shares ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... price, rather than just 'cheap' stocks." Most popular ETFs and LICs The number of SMSF investors holding at least one ETF increased 13% in the second half of 2018, following from a 5.8% increase in the first half, according to CommSec. International ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Financial planners are increasingly repositioning themselves as asset allocators instead of stock pickers, according to Investment Trends. The research firm's survey of nearly 1000 financial planners and stockbrokers found about one in four (25%) ...

Saxo appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... firm OFX. Between October 2014 and September 2015, Smith was the former co-head of ANZ ETFS, a joint venture between ANZ and ETF Securities. Smith helped launch the business, commercial strategies and operational processes. In May 2017, ANZ ETFS disbanded ...

Arming human traders for big-ticket trades

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
A new trading software is aiming to make life easier for asset managers trading large chunks of Australian equities, ETFs or futures. Liquidnet's new software, called Discovery, aims to give human traders the same level of analytics as accessible to ...

AUM growth subdued to 2025: Bloomberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
New research from Bloomberg suggests fee margins of global asset managers will drop 11% over the next six years. Most of the 1950 global asset managers surveyed in the Asset Management Outlook to 2025 provided conservative AUM growth forecasts over ...

Magellan eyes retirement income products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... he's seeing demand from advisers for Magellan's global listed infrastructure strategy - which is also available as an active ETF - and interest is expected to grow over time. Of Magellan's total FUM of $70.8 billion, 27% comes from the retail arm. Magellan ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
InvestSense recently appointed the former head of distribution at Russell Investments as the director and head of adviser solutions. Paul Carrington spent 13 years at Russell Investments and prior to that worked as a financial adviser at Carrington ...